Device for treating of processing and especially for disintegrating of substances or compounds

Abstract

A device to treat or process and especially to disintegrate materials and compounds characterized by a rotor, to which mentioned materials are fed axially. The rotor centrifugally accelerates the input material to a tool ring rotating around the rotor preferably in opposite direction, in which the tools are arranged radially. The tools of the tool ring intercept the highly accelerated material in flight and induce an extrem shear and bending strain effecting that the material disintegrates at it's natural weak point. The tools are arranged at the circumference at such distances that a laregely open circumference is established. That effects that the disintegrated components of the material can be discharged from the device after the impact without any hindrance even if the material is wet or sticky. The degree of impact of the tools on the material can be adjusted by the regulating parameters. That offers a large field of applications to disintegrate and separate raw materials and waste materials consisting of physically sufficiently different components into their individual components.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A device mechanically for processing materials or compounds, comprising: 
       a rotor mounted for rotation about an axis;  
       a tool ring surrounding said rotor, radially spaced from said rotor, and mounted for rotation about the axis; and  
       a distributor disposed for receiving materials or compounds that are fed to said device and for distributing the materials or compounds in a radial direction to said rotor, wherein:  
       said rotor comprises a plurality of radially extending blades constructed to radially accelerate and propel the materials or compounds such that the materials or compounds undergo flight outwardly toward said tool ring;  
       said tool ring has a circumference and comprises a plurality of tools each having a working edge, said working edges being disposed to intercept the materials or compounds in flight from said rotor when said tool ring is rotating for impacting against the materials or compounds and causing the materials or compounds to be bent around said working edges; and  
       said tools are spaced apart around said circumference of said tool ring by distances such that a major portion of said circumference is open to assure an unhindered discharge of the materials or compounds after impact with said working edges.  
     
     
       2. The device of  claim 1  wherein said plurality of tools comprises a first category of tools permanently secured to said tool ring and a second category of tools removably connected to said tool ring. 
     
     
       3. The device of  claim 2  wherein said tools of said first category have a wedge shape. 
     
     
       4. The device of  claim 2  wherein said tools of said first category are equipped with interchangeable working edges or wear plates. 
     
     
       5. The device of  claim 2  wherein said working edges of different ones of said tools have respectively different heights selected to cause at least one of a given air quantity and a given air velocity to be established through said device when said rotor and said tool ring are rotating at selected speeds. 
     
     
       6. The device of  claim 2  wherein said tools of said second category have basically the same shape as said tools of said first category. 
     
     
       7. The device of  claim 2  wherein said tools of said first category are interspersed with said tools of said second category around the circumference of said tools ring. 
     
     
       8. The device of  claim 1  wherein the materials or compounds are processed in a manner determined by at least one of the rotation speed of said rotor; the rotation speed of said tools ring; and the velocity of air flow through said device. 
     
     
       9. The device of  claim 1  further comprising an air throttle composed of at least one feed belt disposed ahead of said distributor. 
     
     
       10. The device of  claim 1  wherein said rotor further comprises at least one shear-off tool mounted on at least one of said blades to cooperate with said tools on said tool ring to prevent build-up of processed materials or compounds on said working edges of said tools. 
     
     
       11. The device of  claim 1  further comprising a stationary part having at least one tool disposed for preventing build-up of processed materials or compounds on said blades. 
     
     
       12. The device of  claim 1  further comprising an upset friction ring surrounding said tool ring to cooperate with said tools to subject the processed materials or compounds to further processing. 
     
     
       13. The device of  claim 1  further comprising a blowing unit disposed for cleaning said tools. 
     
     
       14. The device of  claim 1  wherein more than one-half of said circumference of said tool ring is open.